Artificial bait.



No. 810,017. PATENTED JAN. 16, 1906. J. L: AOKERMAN.

ARTIFICIAL BAIT.

APPLICATION FILED APRlQ, 1905.

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APPLICATION FILED APR. 19, 1905.

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ARTIFICIAL BAIT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 16, 1906.

Application filed April 19, 1905. Serial No. 256,350.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JASPER LEANDER ACK- ERMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Monticello, in the county of White-and State of Indiana, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Artificial Bait, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in artificial bait for use in fishing; and it consists in certain novel constructions and combina tions of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a bait embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section thereof. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view on about line 3 3 of Fig. 2, the upper section of the bait being removed. Figs. 4, 5, and 6 are cross-sections, respectively, on about lines 4 4, 5 5, and 6 6 of Fig. 3. Fig. 7 is a detail perspective View of the hook-securing device shown in Fig. 4. Fig. 8 is a detail perspective view of the hook securing device shown in Fig. 6. Fi 9 illustrates a different means for securing t ebodysection and the bait together. Fig. 10 is a perspective view, and Fig. 11 a vertical longitudinal section, of a bait, differing somewhat from that shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 12 is a detail perspective view of the intermediate plate employed in the construction shown in Figs. .10 and 11. Fig. 13 is a longitudinal section showing the means for connecting the two sections, differing from that shown in Figs. 10 and 1.1. Fig. 14 is a detail view illustrating the locking-slide employed in the construction shown in Fig. 13. Fig. 15 is a longitudinal section of a bait, showing a still different means for connecting the two sections of the body. Fig. 1 6 illustrates a modified form of construction shown in Fig. 13. Fig. 17 is a detail view of an intermediate plate somewhat similar to that shown in Fig. 12, but having different forms of devices for engagement by the hooks. Fig. 18 shows one of the sections of the body provided with intermediate wire devices for securing the hooks. Figs. 19 and 20 show a difierent construction of wire device for connecting the hook, the wires shown in Figs. 18, 19, and 20 being designed for use instead of the intermediate plate, such as shown in Figs. 12 and 17.

My invention contemplates constructing an artificial bait with a body comprising two separate sections fitting face to face, together with means for securing said sections, which securing means may in the broad features of the invention vary, different constructions of said securlng means being shown and devices being arranged to extend longitudinallybetween the detachable sections and beyond the ends of same with the extensions forming supports for spinners and also forming sup ports for clamping means for uniting the sections of the body, and this clamping means in some instances being arranged to engage upon the ends of the sections of the body in such manner as to hold the said sections together. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the body comprises the sections K and L, which fit together at their inner faces and may conform on their outer sides to present a fish-like figure, as will be understood from Figs. 1 and 2. Between the sections K and L extend the rod M, which projects at its ends beyond the body of the fish and supports on the said extensions the cups or clamps N, which embrace over the ends of the sections K and L and hold the same firmly together when the rod M is contracted by the screwing of its section M into the threaded socket M in the enlarged portion M on the end of the mainsection of the said rod M, as will be understood from Fig. 2. It will be noticed that by screwing up the rods M and M the clamps can be tightened firmly upon the ends of the sections K and L to hold the same together, as desired. The spinners O are supported on the extensions of the intermediate rod M, and, by preference, the section L may be weighted at L on its under side in order to cause the bait to assumethe proper position in the water.

On the intermediate rod M are secured devices for holding the hooks. These may consist of wires M or M As shown, the wire M is coiled at M around the rod M and has its ends returned with their extremities M deflected to enter sockets in the section L, as shown in Figs. 5 and 7. The holder M is similar to the holder M except that it is not bent around the rod M at its middle, but is simply depressed at M to engage with the said rod, as will be understood from Figs. 3, 6, and 8. In both constructions of holders the loops of same project beyond the sides of the body K and. L, as will be understood from Figs. 1 and 3, and may form attaching means for securing hooks to the body of the bait.

It will be noticed from the foregoing description and the drawings that the intermediate device 'M is extensible, being made in diate portion M is contracted, are drawn to sections united by a threaded oint and carrying cup-like clamps, which, as its intermeward each other to embrace the opposite ends of the body-sections K and L and to hold the same securely in place, the intermediate portion M being extended beyond the ends of the bait-body and forming supports for the spinners, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

In Fig. 9 the sections of the bait-body are secured together by means of rings P, forced over the opposite ends of the sections and pressed along the tapering bodies of same into bindingcontact therewith in order to hold such sections of the body together in the use of the bait.

By detachably connecting the body-sections of the fish I am able to remove one or the other, or both, of said body-sections when it is desired to substitute for both of them or either of them sections of different colors, so as to enable the fisherman to use a great many combinations of colors, which may be effected by substituting different colors for the bottom portion or the top portion or for both, as found desirable.

As shown in Figs. 10 and 11, the bait comprises a lower or body sectionA and an upper or body section B, together with the intermediate plate 0, the sections A and B conforming generallyto the shape of a fish and means being provided for detachably connecting such sections with the intermediate plate 0 to facilitate removing the parts A or B. The body portion A is weighted on its under side am and is provided with pins D, headed on their upper ends d to interlock with the intermediate plate 0, the latter being provided with keyhole-slots C for such purpose. The upper section B has pins E, whose heads e interlock with the walls of the keyhole-slots O in the plate 0, as will be understood from Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings. As shown, the plate 0 is provided at its front end or that adjacent to the head of the fish with a projecting shank F, on which a spinner G is supported to turn, and a similar shank H extends from the tail end of the plate C and receives a spinner G. A nut f turns on the threaded shank F when the sections A and B are interlocked with the intermediate plate C and when adjusted to the position shown in Fig. 2 locks the sections A and B in engagement with the plate C by bearing against the head end of the fish-body sections.A and B, as will be understood from Figs. 10 and 11 of the drawings. This construction enables me to readily secure the sections of the fishtogether and to permit their removal when it is desired to substitute a section or sections of difl'erent colors. lVIanifestly, the particular means described for detachably securing the sections of the bait may be used alone or, if desired, in connection with other means for connecting the parts, or the other means may plied.

be used independently, as will be understood from Figs. 13 and 15 of the drawings, in which sections 1 and 2 of the body of the bait are connected by screws 3 and 4, a locking plate 5 being used in the construction shown in Fig. 13 for locking the screw 3 from turning, while in Fig. 15 a cross-pin 7, entering a groove in the screw 4, holds the same from longitudinal displacement.

In the construction shown in Figs. 10, 11, and 12 I have illustrated the intermediate plate as provided at its ends with means for securing the hooks for catching the fish. Such means are illustrated as hooks I, formed by slots J, extending inwardly from the edge of the plate and then returned at j, forming the inwardlyfacing hooks I, with which the fish-hooks may be engaged when the plate is detached from the sections A and B, and then when the said sections are connected with the plate the fish-hook will be held from detachment, the hook I extending outwardly beyond the body of the bait, as shownin Fig. 10, in which I have illustrated a fish-hook ap- A number of these hooks I may be employed, and in Fig. 17 I illustrate a someiwhat modified form or design of the said hooks; but that shown in Fig. 12 may be preferred, especially as in it the inner end or point of the hook I is deflected at i so it will enter one of the wooden sections of the baitand decrease the liability of the fish-hook becoming detached.

The sections of the bait may be made of wood or other suitable material with the plate held between them and provided with the hooks for securing the fish-hooks. Figs. 18, 19, and 20, however, I show different forms of wire devices in connection with one of the sections of the bait, these wires being adapted to be held in grooves or otherwise in the body-sections and having lateral portions to which the fish-hooks'may be connected, and it will be understood that in its broad features my invention comprehends the use of a sectional body with an interposed device such as the plate or the wires for securing the fish-hooks.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire'to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. An artificial bait comprising the bodysections adapted to fit together at their inner sides, an intermediate device extending longitudinally between said sections and beyond the ends thereof, cup-like clamps on said extensions for engaging the ends of the bodysections, and holding the same together, and spinners on such extensions beyond said cuplike clamps substantially as set forth.

2. An artificial bait comprising the detach able body-sections, an intermediate device extending between the same, and means in connection with said intermediate device for securing fish-hooks.

3. An artificial bait comprising a pair of detachable body-sections fitting face to face, means extending beyond the ends of said sections, and cup-like clamps on said means for holding the sections together, substantially as set forth.

4. An artificial bait comprising detachable body sections, devices held between the same, and means in connection with said de vices for securing a fish hook or hooks, substantially as described.

5. An artificial bait comprising two sections fitting face to face and means for securing the sections together, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination in an artificial bait, of the detachable sections fitting face to face, devices extending beyond the ends of the sections, spinners on said extensions, and means for detachably connecting the sections of the body, substantially as set forth.

7. The combination in an artificial bait, with body-sections detachably connected, of intermediate devices between said detachable sections and provided with means for securing a fish hook or hooks substantially as set forth.

8. An artificial bait having detachable body sections, and a device between the same and having an inwardly-facing hook or hooks for securing a fish-hook, substantially as set forth. a

9. An artificial bait comprising a body composed of detachable sections, an intermediate device between said sections and clamping devices on said. intermediate device for engaging the ends of the detachable sections for holding the same together, substantially as set forth.

10. An artificial bait comprising a body composed of detachable sections, an intermediate device between said sections and extended at its ends beyond the same, spinners on such extensions and clamping devices optachable body-sections and means engaging the ends of the sections for securing the same together, substantially as set forth.

1.3. An artificial bait comprising detachable body-sections fitting face to face, and devices for securing these sections together and including means extending between the sections, substantially as set forth.

14. An artificial bait comprising the detachable body-sections and means for securing the sections together and including devices engaging with the sections at the ends thereof substantially as set forth.

15. The combination of the detachable body-sections, an extensible rod extending between the said sections and projecting beyond the ends thereof, and cup-like clamps on said rod for engaging with the ends of the body-sections, substantially as set forth.

16. The combination of the body-sections, a rod extending between the same, and rods between the body-sections and having the returned ends forming hooks for securing the fish-hooks, substantially as set forth.

17. An artificial bait comprising a body composed of detachablesections, an intermediate device between the said sections and clamping devices operating in connection with said intermediate device for securing the sections of the body together, substantially as set forth.

JASPER LEANDER ACKERMAN. Witnesses:

M. J. HANAWALT, H. M. COOPER. 

